Container.



D. DOGGETT.

CONTAINER.

unmnmn FILED 0012.23, 1911.

1,092,992. I Patented Apr. 14,19m

WITNESSES m INVENTORav I M I ATTORNEY/1 DANTON DOGGET T, OF SAN FRANCISGQ, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14,19Ma

Application filed October 23, 1911. Serial No. $6,083.

a container and especially acan intendedto. contain printing or lithographing 1nk with an inner cover or disk extending across and. fitting the same, so that when the container has been opened and some of the contents removed the said cover can be placed on the remainin contents to exclude air therefrom, and enabfe the same to be used as before the opening of the container, although some time may have elapsed since the opening.

Myv invention consists in the parts and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing, described in the following specification and claimed intheappended claim.

said can contains a disk or inner cover 4,

the rim of which fits the inner wall of said can transversely and is slidable to and from the contents of. the can. cover is provided with a ring 5 on one side of the center of the same, the said ring being pivoted as shown at 6.' The ring is placedin the position shown so that when it is desired to remove the inner cover from the ink in the can, the said cover can be lifted by raising one sidefirst, making its removal easier than if said ring were placed in the center of the cover on account of the probable adherence of some parts of the The said inner contents of the container to the inner surface of the cover, and the tendency of such contents to hold the cover down, the manner of raising the inner cover also obviating the necessity of removing the adhering contents from the same.

I have found that in removing the exte rior cover from a can of ink used in the work of lithographin or printing, and then removlng a-portion o the 111k therefrom, the remaining portion being exposed to the air, a heavy crust or skin will form on the top of the remaining contents, necessitating the removal and discarding of the same before any of such remaining contents-can be used,

and by such exposure to the air and the continned formation of the foreign matter from the contents, the remaining ink will become hard and unfit for use after a short interval.

By usin my inner cover as described which close y but slidably fits the inner surface of the cover in the following manner, namely, by pressing the same firmly on the lithographing or printing ink, air is prevented from coming into contact with the ink, rendering the formation of the crust or skin impossible and saving all of the remaining ink for further use. I prefer to construct said can of tin as the same has some flexibility.

The flange 7 is a modification of the rim of the inner cover shown in Fig. 2, the same giving additional frictional support to the cover when pressed down on the ink as mentioned. The said flange inclines downwardly from the side on which it is positioned until it disappears on the other side so that the inner cover may be lifted incliningly by reason of the fact that, as shown in Fig. 3, the ring 5 is placed near the flange so that when the ring is pulled, the said cover turns on the central ortion of the edge of the cover unprovlded with the flange, drawing the upper edge of the flange slantingly away'from engagement with the inner surface of the can, thereby permitting said cover to be removed.

I claim In a can, .an inner plate having an edge slidably fitting said can and having a flange engaging said can and projecting upwardly In testimon whereof I affix my signature on one side of the said edge of said plate in presence 0 two Witnesses. and inclining downwardly to the surface of ,"said plate on the side of said plate oppo- DANTON DOGGETT' 5 site to the location of said flange, and a m'ev- Witnesses:

able tab connected to the upper side of said F. W. LEIs,

plate in proximity to said flange. C. S. LAHANIER. 

